Sheldon Currie plumbs new depths in this novel inspired by Hugh MacLennan’s Two Solitudes. Ian MacDonald is searching for himself, for a career, for home, and for redemption. Yet Ian, a man with a talent for baseball, seems to use \u201cthe suicide pitch\u201d with rather unerring aim as he runs from one woman to another. Set in both Nova Scotia and Quebec, Currie’s novel follows Ian’s quest through his encounters with a torch-singing nun, an old flame, and a woman who seeks more than friendship.
\nAs Ian struggles to find his place, for a time literally not knowing who he is, Currie guides readers through a journey full of eccentric but fully human characters, all trying to live in worlds that do not always accommodate their dreams and desires. Two More Solitudes resonates with the burdens of memory, disappointment, uncertainty, death – and most particularly with the pleasures and pains of life itself. At times funny and poignant, Two More Solitudes is also a rich and subtle exploration of how Ian and those around him find their way – in the world, with themselves, and with others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Sheldon Currie plumbs new depths in this novel inspired by
\nHugh MacLennan\u2019s Two Solitudes. Ian MacDonald is searching
\nfor himself, for a career, for home, and for redemption. Yet
\nIan, a man with a talent for baseball, seems to find himself
\nin \u201cthe suicide squeeze\u201d all too often as he runs from one
\nwoman to another. Set in Nova Scotia and Quebec, Currie\u2019s
\nnovel follows Ian\u2019s quest through his encounters with a torchsinging
\nnun, an old flame, and a woman who seeks more than
\nfriendship.
\nAs Ian struggles to find his place, for a time literally not
\nknowing who he is, Currie guides readers through a journey
\nfull of eccentric but fully human characters, all trying to
\nlive in worlds that do not always accommodate their dreams
\nand desires. Two More Solitudes resonates with the burdens
\nof memory, disappointment, uncertainty, death \u2013 and most
\nparticularly with the pleasures and pains of life itself. At times
\nfunny and poignant, Two More Solitudes is also a rich and
\nsubtle exploration of how Ian and those around him find their
\nway \u2013 in the world, with themselves, and with others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":55896,"template":"","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[10712],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-63097","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_language-eng","product_subjects-fiction","product_subjects-general-fiction","product_reading_range-12722","product_reading_range-12723","product_reading_range-12724","product_interest_range-12748","product_interest_range-12746","product_interest_range-12747","product_grade_range-tenth-grade","product_grade_range-eleventh-grade","product_grade_range-twelfth-grade","product_curriculumsubject-english-curriculum-subjects","product_curriculumsubject-english-language-arts","product_nssbb-english-curriculum-subjects","product_nssbb-10906","product_nssbb_approved-nssbb-approved","biblio_share_tag-fiction-general","product_cat-abc","product_shipping_class-abc-test","entry","first","instock","taxable","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"yoast_head":"\n